🇩🇰Denmark at Helsinki 1952

summer Games

131

Athletes

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total Medals

Medalists

Athlete	Event	Sport
Peder Rasch	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic)	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing)
Finn Haunstoft	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic)	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing)
Paul Elvstrøm	Sailing One Person Dinghy, Open (Olympic)	Sailing
Lis Hartel	Equestrian Dressage (Equestrian) Individual, Open (Olympic)	Equestrian Dressage (Equestrian)
Viktor Jørgensen	Boxing Welterweight, Men (Olympic)	Boxing
Karen Lachmann	Fencing Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic)	Fencing
Jørgen Frantzen	Rowing Coxed Pairs, Men (Olympic)	Rowing
Poul Svendsen	Rowing Coxed Pairs, Men (Olympic)	Rowing
Svend Pedersen	Rowing Coxed Pairs, Men (Olympic)	Rowing

All Results by Sport

Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics)

107th	Børge Nielsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=73rd	Freddy Jensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=141st	Bjarne Jørgensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=112th	Børge Minerth	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=159th	Gunnar Pedersen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=82nd	Volmer Thomsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=55th	Poul Jessen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic)
=114th	Gunnar Pedersen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
=67th	Freddy Jensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
=75th	Poul Jessen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
=89th	Børge Minerth	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
95th	Børge Nielsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
=83rd	Volmer Thomsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
=61st	Bjarne Jørgensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic)
149th	Freddy Jensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=98th	Gunnar Pedersen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=95th	Bjarne Jørgensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=54th	Poul Jessen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=44th	Volmer Thomsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=146th	Børge Minerth	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=114th	Børge Nielsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Horse Vault, Men (Olympic)
=132nd	Gunnar Pedersen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
67th	Volmer Thomsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
105th	Bjarne Jørgensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
66th	Poul Jessen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
75th	Freddy Jensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
93rd	Børge Nielsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
129th	Børge Minerth	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic)
=133rd	Freddy Jensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
=124th	Bjarne Jørgensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
178th	Børge Minerth	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
=111th	Volmer Thomsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
=116th	Børge Nielsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
=128th	Poul Jessen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
=158th	Gunnar Pedersen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic)
=118th	Børge Minerth	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=65th	Freddy Jensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
117th	Børge Nielsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=47th	Poul Jessen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
133rd	Gunnar Pedersen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=73rd	Volmer Thomsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=140th	Bjarne Jørgensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic)
=127th	Gunnar Pedersen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
=58th	Børge Minerth	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
=63rd	Freddy Jensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
=79th	Volmer Thomsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
=90th	Poul Jessen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
=69th	Børge Nielsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
=94th	Bjarne Jørgensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Rings, Men (Olympic)
15th	Gunnar Pedersen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
15th	Børge Minerth	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
15th	Volmer Thomsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
15th	Børge Nielsen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
15th	Freddy Jensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
15th	Poul Jessen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)
15th	Bjarne Jørgensen	Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) Team All-Around, Men (Olympic)

Athletics

Boxing

=16th	Kjeld Steen	Boxing Flyweight, Men (Olympic)
=9th	Ebbe Kops	Boxing Light-Middleweight, Men (Olympic)
=17th	Hans Petersen	Boxing Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic)
=17th	Niels Bertelsen	Boxing Lightweight, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Viktor Jørgensen	Boxing Welterweight, Men (Olympic)

Canoe Marathon (Canoeing)

8th	Ingvard Nørregaard	Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) Kayak Doubles, 10,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
8th	Svend Frømming	Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) Kayak Doubles, 10,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
4th	Ejvind Hansen	Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) Kayak Singles, 10,000 metres, Men (Olympic)

Canoe Sprint (Canoeing)

1st	Peder Rasch	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
1st	Finn Haunstoft	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) Canadian Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
9th	Andreas Lind	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
9th	Egon Dyg	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
4th	Knud Albjerg	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
5th	Bodil Svendsen	Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women (Olympic)

Cycling Road (Cycling)

52nd	Helge Hansen	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic)
9th	Hans Andresen	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic)
19th	Jørgen Frank Rasmussen	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic)
37th	Wedell Østergaard	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic)
6th	Wedell Østergaard	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Team, Men (Olympic)
6th	Helge Hansen	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Team, Men (Olympic)
6th	Hans Andresen	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Team, Men (Olympic)
6th	Jørgen Frank Rasmussen	Cycling Road (Cycling) Road Race, Team, Men (Olympic)

Cycling Track (Cycling)

=6th	Ib Vagn Hansen	Cycling Track (Cycling) 1,000 metres Time Trial, Men (Olympic)
4th	Ove Krogh Rants	Cycling Track (Cycling) Sprint, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Jens Juul Eriksen	Cycling Track (Cycling) Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Olaf Holmstrup	Cycling Track (Cycling) Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Henning R. Larsen	Cycling Track (Cycling) Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Knud Andersen	Cycling Track (Cycling) Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Jean Hansen	Cycling Track (Cycling) Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Bent Jørgensen	Cycling Track (Cycling) Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Preben Lundgren Kristensen	Cycling Track (Cycling) Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres, Men (Olympic)

Diving (Aquatics)

11th	Thomas Christiansen	Diving (Aquatics) Platform, Men (Olympic)
15th	Jacob Gjerding	Diving (Aquatics) Platform, Men (Olympic)

Equestrian Dressage (Equestrian)

2nd	Lis Hartel	Equestrian Dressage (Equestrian) Individual, Open (Olympic)
18th	Kristian Jensen	Equestrian Dressage (Equestrian) Individual, Open (Olympic)

Equestrian Eventing (Equestrian)

25th	Hans Christian Andersen	Equestrian Eventing (Equestrian) Individual, Men (Olympic)
26th	Otto Mønsted Acthon	Equestrian Eventing (Equestrian) Individual, Men (Olympic)
30th	Aage Rubæk-Nielsen	Equestrian Eventing (Equestrian) Individual, Men (Olympic)
5th	Aage Rubæk-Nielsen	Equestrian Eventing (Equestrian) Team, Men (Olympic)
5th	Otto Mønsted Acthon	Equestrian Eventing (Equestrian) Team, Men (Olympic)
5th	Hans Christian Andersen	Equestrian Eventing (Equestrian) Team, Men (Olympic)

Fencing

=7th	René Dybkær	Fencing Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic)
6th	Raimondo Carnera	Fencing Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic)
10th	Mogens Lüchow	Fencing Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Ib Nielsen	Fencing Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Raimondo Carnera	Fencing Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Jakob Lyng	Fencing Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Erik Swane Lund	Fencing Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Mogens Lüchow	Fencing Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)
=5th	René Dybkær	Fencing Épée, Team, Men (Olympic)
5th	Ulla Barding-Poulsen	Fencing Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic)
6th	Kate Mahaut	Fencing Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic)
3rd	Karen Lachmann	Fencing Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic)
5th	Palle Frey	Fencing Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic)
8th	Raimondo Carnera	Fencing Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic)
5th	Ivan Ruben	Fencing Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Raimondo Carnera	Fencing Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Palle Frey	Fencing Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Jakob Lyng	Fencing Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Ivan Ruben	Fencing Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Paul Theisen	Fencing Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic)

Football (Football)

Rowing

3rd	Niels Kristensen	Rowing Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Ove Nielsen	Rowing Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Peter Hansen	Rowing Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Bent Blach Petersen	Rowing Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Eivin Kristensen	Rowing Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Jørgen Frantzen	Rowing Coxed Pairs, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Poul Svendsen	Rowing Coxed Pairs, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Svend Pedersen	Rowing Coxed Pairs, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Harry Nielsen	Rowing Coxless Fours, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Knud Bruun Jensen	Rowing Coxless Fours, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Paul Locht	Rowing Coxless Fours, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Carl Nielsen	Rowing Coxless Fours, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Palle Tillisch	Rowing Coxless Pairs, Men (Olympic)
2nd	Bent Jensen	Rowing Coxless Pairs, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Ebbe Parsner	Rowing Double Sculls, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Aage Larsen	Rowing Double Sculls, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Bjørn Brønnum	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Leif Hermansen	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Preben Hoch	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Ole Scavenius Jensen	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Helge Muxoll Schrøder	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Jørn Snogdahl	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Mogens Snogdahl	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
3rd	Bjørn Stybert	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)
3rd	John Vilhelmsen	Rowing Eights, Men (Olympic)

Sailing

11th	Ingemann Bylling Jensen	Sailing 5.5 metres, Open (Olympic)
11th	Henning Christensen	Sailing 5.5 metres, Open (Olympic)
11th	Poul Ohff	Sailing 5.5 metres, Open (Olympic)
1st	Paul Elvstrøm	Sailing One Person Dinghy, Open (Olympic)
5th	Ole Berntsen	Sailing Three Person Keelboat, Open (Olympic)
5th	Aage Birch	Sailing Three Person Keelboat, Open (Olympic)
5th	William Berntsen	Sailing Three Person Keelboat, Open (Olympic)

Shooting

15th	Uffe Schultz Larsen	Shooting Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men (Olympic)
47th	Per Nielsen	Shooting Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (Olympic)
27th	Per Winge	Shooting Rapid-Fire Pistol, 25 metres, Men (Olympic)
28th	Uffe Schultz Larsen	Shooting Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men (Olympic)
38th	Jørgen Hare	Shooting Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men (Olympic)
15th	Uffe Schultz Larsen	Shooting Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Men (Olympic)
31st	Allan Christensen	Shooting Trap, Men (Olympic)

Swimming (Aquatics)

14th	Gerda Olsen	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Backstroke, Women (Olympic)
=12th	Greta Andersen	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
9th	Ragnhild Hveger	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
18th	Mette Ove Petersen	Swimming (Aquatics) 100 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
34th	Knud Gleie	Swimming (Aquatics) 200 metres Breaststroke, Men (Olympic)
5th	Jytte Hansen	Swimming (Aquatics) 200 metres Breaststroke, Women (Olympic)
22nd	Eileen Ward Petersen	Swimming (Aquatics) 200 metres Breaststroke, Women (Olympic)
21st	Kirsten Hedegaard Jensen	Swimming (Aquatics) 200 metres Breaststroke, Women (Olympic)
-	Gerda Olsen	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
4th	Ragnhild Hveger	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
4th	Greta Andersen	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
4th	Rita Larsen	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
4th	Mette Ove Petersen	Swimming (Aquatics) 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Women (Olympic)
17th	Mette Ove Petersen	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
8th	Greta Andersen	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)
5th	Ragnhild Hveger	Swimming (Aquatics) 400 metres Freestyle, Women (Olympic)

Weightlifting

7th	Johan Runge	Weightlifting Lightweight, Men (Olympic)
15th	Jens Jørn Mortensen	Weightlifting Middle-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic)
13th	Jørgen Moritzen	Weightlifting Middleweight, Men (Olympic)

Wrestling

-	Eigil Johansen	Wrestling Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
-	Leo Cortsen	Wrestling Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic)
-	Svend Aage Thomsen	Wrestling Flyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic)
-	Erik Østrand	Wrestling Lightweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic)
-	Jack Rasmussen	Wrestling Lightweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic)

-	Gunnar Nielsen	Athletics 1,500 metres, Men (Olympic)
9th	Ragnvald Thunestvedt	Athletics 10 kilometres Race Walk, Men (Olympic)
24th	Thyge Thøgersen	Athletics 10,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
6th	Ib Planck	Athletics 5,000 metres, Men (Olympic)
20th	Harry Kristensen	Athletics 50 kilometres Race Walk, Men (Olympic)
4th	Gunnar Nielsen	Athletics 800 metres, Men (Olympic)
13th	Jørgen Munk Plum	Athletics Discus Throw, Men (Olympic)
16th	Poul Cederquist	Athletics Hammer Throw, Men (Olympic)
-	Svend Aage Frederiksen	Athletics Hammer Throw, Men (Olympic)
5th	Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby	Athletics Javelin Throw, Women (Olympic)
48th	Olaf Sørensen	Athletics Marathon, Men (Olympic)
42nd	Erik Simonsen	Athletics Marathon, Men (Olympic)
13th	Preben Larsen	Athletics Triple Jump, Men (Olympic)

=5th	Jens Peder Hansen	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
-	Henry From	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Steen Blicher	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Poul Andersen	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Holger Seebach	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Poul Eyvind Petersen	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Poul Erik Petersen	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Svend Nielsen	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Knud Lundberg	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Jørgen Johansen	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Jørgen Hansen	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)
=5th	Erik Terkelsen	Football (Football) Football, Men (Olympic)